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Autism Immerses 2-year-olds In A Synchronized World – Science News
By: Bruce Bower
Autism immerses 2-year-olds in a synchronized world
When 2-year-olds with autism look at someone’s face, they may crave synchronized detection rather than social connection. Toddlers with this developmental condition track sounds and sights that occur together, such as a mother’s lips moving in time with sounds coming out of her mouth, rather than social cues, such as the gleam in that same mother’s eyes, a new study suggests.
via Science News / Autism Immerses 2-year-olds In A Synchronized World.
Posted on March 31, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Autism |
Autism: New Clue to Earlier Detection – Web MD Health News
By: Miranda Hitti
A surprise discovery is leading autism researchers at Yale University toward earlier detection and new therapies for children with autism — possibly beginning in infancy.
Posted on March 31, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Autism |
How Can We Help Our Nation's Caregivers? | PARADE Magazine
Older article 2007 but still worth noting
Many caregivers are women and men in their mid-40s who are still building careers, investing for retirement and anticipating the freedom of an empty nest. Once they take over the caregiver role, they often experience sharp drops in income as a result of huge losses in wages and personal savings.
The killer statistic is this: Over the course of a lifetime, caregivers sacrifice an average of more than $500,000 in total income.
via PARADE Magazine | How Can We Help Our Nation’s Caregivers?.
Posted on March 29, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Caregiving |
Elopement, or Wandering, In People With Autism (Project Lifesaver): Autism Vox
A viable solution to this problem is now available. It is already in place in several counties in Arkansas. The Benton Courier, a newspaper in the area reports on Project Lifesaver. This is a plan that could be affordably put in place in any county in the United States and it offers a real solution to a potentially life-threatening problem.
via Elopement, or Wandering, In People With Autism : Autism Vox.
Posted on March 29, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Autism, Wandering |
10 Things You Should Know About Alzheimer's Disease – US News and World Report
By Sarah Baldauf
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias do a number on the mind and body of the individual with the disease and can also take a major toll on the health and finances of the individual’s family. The Alzheimer’s Association’s latest annual report, “2009 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures,” documents the multilevel impact of the disease that 5.3 million Americans are living with today, which translates into a new case of Alzheimer’s every 70 seconds. And as the oldest baby boomers are due to reach age 65 over the next two years, that rate will balloon by midcentury, so that someone will develop Alzheimer’s disease every 33 seconds.
via 10 Things You Should Know About Alzheimer’s Disease – US News and World Report.
Posted on March 26, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Alzheimer's |
With Alzheimer's, Health-Care Costs Could Triple – US News and World Report
By: Randy Dotinga
In a new report, the Alzheimer’s Association estimates that Alzheimer’s disease and dementia triple the health-care costs for afflicted seniors.
via With Alzheimer’s, Health-Care Costs Could Triple – US News and World Report.
Posted on March 24, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Alzheimer's |
Understanding Alzheimer's and Wandering – WTOC Savannah
By: Christy Hutchings
We’re seeing it all too often, people suffering for Alzheimer’s wandering off. No signs of where they went, just that they were here one minute and gone the next.
via WTOC, Savannah, Georgia, news, weather and sports | Understanding Alzheimer’s and wandering.
Posted on March 24, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Alzheimer's, Autism, Wandering |
New blueprint will guide autism research – American Medical News
By: Susan J. Landers
The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, an advisory panel of federal officials and public members, released a plan March 5 to guide research on possible causes of the developmental disorder. The research also is directed toward establishing services and supports for individuals with autism and for their families.
via AMNews: March 24, 2009. New blueprint will guide autism research … American Medical News.
Posted on March 24, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Autism |
Why autistic people fail to recognise faces – The Times of India
An Indian-origin researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has shed some light on why autistic people fail to recognise faces as effectively as their normal counterparts, by studying why they often fail to recognise faces in photographic negatives.
via Why autistic people fail to recognise faces – Health – Health & Science – The Times of India.
Posted on March 19, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Autism |
Utahns With Autism May Fare Better Than Others – University of Utah Heath Center
Twenty years after first being assessed in a long-term autism study, 41 Utahns with the disorder had a higher social outcome than those in similar studies, University of Utah psychiatry researchers have reported in the Journal of Autism Research online.
via Utahns With Autism May Fare Better Than Others.
Posted on March 19, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Autism |